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Better yet, you can fill the hospital's ICU ward with cage traps.
Let the Elves be torn apart by the vengeful ghosts, and save yourself the trouble of tombs and slabs.

I have to agree that the "has been missing for a week" means they are guaranteed dead.
It would certainly be nice if friends could report a dwarf missing to whomever is in charge.

Does the "passing acquaintance" to "close friend" scale take into account how *often* a dwarf is seen rather than just how many times they have met?

If so, then that naturally gives a source for how long a relation would wait before reporting the dwarf missing.
Passing acquaintances might never inquire about each other.  (Hey, remember that creepy Urist McHermit guy?  No?  Me neither.)
Long-term Acquaintance should ask around after not seeing that person for a season.  (Say, what happened to Urist McMiner?  I haven't seen him do that sewer-brew trick in ages!)
Friends should start asking around after a month.  (Is Urist McParty sick or something?  He's missing happy hour!)

Why not have the pump slosh the water around to somewhere else in the pool so it doesn't run out?
The mist as it splashes back into the pool will generate happy thoughts too!

Here's another possibility that I came across while trying to dig through a multi-level aquifer.
1) Channel a drain tile to the second aquifer level.
2) Dig out a room in the first aquifer to an appropriate size.  (TBD)
3) Designate a construction in the room to be removed.

Dwarves will run in and try to deconstruct the wall, only to be washed away from it.  At that point they lose their work progress and gain swim skills.  I don't think they can cancel the designation, so it should be completely automatic.

Better yet, ... bread your very own tame unicorns

Mmm.  Breaded Unicorn.

"Haha you thought I was a fool."

      . o O ( Not until I read the actual post )
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Some other things that might be handy for a quick-tallies list:

A toggle for value rather than count of items.  (Mostly for the trade stockpiles)
An option to filter the tally to only include items that are in certain burrows (How much booze is left in the deep mines, vs in the surface guard post?)
Rather than just items, liquids would be nice to include (How much water is left in the well?  What is the state of the drowning/magma trap?)

I've just been hammering Up, Enter, Up, Enter myself.  (Up, because the stuff I want to trade is at the bottom of the list.  Down should work fine too)
The second up doesn't do anything if it is a stack, but that's OK; nothing breaks, and the whole stack gets selected for trade with the second enter.

What goes wrong with your macro?

Sorting and filtering would certainly be handy in the trade screen, though.
"So, Urist McMountainhome, forget all those plants and cloth; what have you brought us in the way of alcohol, and meltable iron junk this year?"

Would *you* be happy about wearing -iron chain mail- while you were lacking pants and a loincloth?